The overall condition of the Great Barrier Reef's inshore marine environment remains poor, the latest report card has shown.

The report assessed run-off and the condition of the reef between 2009 and 2014, finding that sediment, nutrients and pesticide loads had decreased, however Queensland was far from meeting its targets.

Industries trying to reduce run-off will need to improve to meet targets — only 14 per cent of the sugarcane industry met best practice for nutrient loads.

However, grains industries met their pesticides target.

Queensland Environment Minister Steven Miles, who released the report on Monday, said there was more bad news than good in the report.

"If one of my kids came home with a report card like this, I'd be a bit disappointed," he said.

"What is most disturbing is these results are far from our targets, and progress to these targets flatlined in the period 2013-2014."

"We saw a stalling of progress.

"[Of] most concern during this period, we saw a loss of riparian vegetation, a loss of trees on the riverbanks leading into the reef during a period when our goal was an increase the number of trees."

Overall loss of wetlands continued between 2009 and 2013, although the rate of loss was lower than the previous periods.

And overall forest loss in riverbank areas continued between 2009 and 2013, with an increased rate of loss compared to the previous periods.

Inshore seagrass showed signs of recovery in some regions, but remained in poor condition overall.

Inshore coral reefs also remained in poor condition, although there were modest improvements in juvenile coral density.

Sediment and pesticide run-off had reduced by 12 per cent and 30 per cent respectively, but the particulate phosphorus target was exceeded in the Wet Tropics.

In July, the United Nations World Heritage Committee decided against listing the Barrier Reef as "in danger", opting instead to closely monitor it over the next four years.

Mr Miles said international concern about the reef was justified.

"[The report] does show that progress on meeting our targets had stalled, and that UNESCO's interest was the right thing; that they were right to be concerned that progress had stalled, because now we know it had," he said.

Report card a 'clear fail for previous programs'

Roger Shaw, the chair of the independent science panel for the reef plan, said it "was a bit less than we'd expected".